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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Innovations in Electricity Business Models Must Overcome Two Challenges

Innovations in Electricity Business Models Must Overcome Two Challenges

Distributed generation (DG), distributed energy resources (DER), and microgrids are business model innovations that disrupt the existing supply chain of remote, centralized generation sources and long distance transmission of electricity.  Distributed generation includes renewable energy sources like rooftop solar and wind that produce kilowatts to a few megawatts of electricity per installation that is injected directly into the distribution grid.    Distributed energy resources include energy storage in the form of stationary batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) batte

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